Yesterday, I wrote about how it at least appeared like the NFL had done a good job in recovering from the ticket disaster at Super Bowl XLV. But after talking with two of the people who were among the 400 people who never got the seats they paid for, I'm not confident that's accurate...I’m not sure the experience of the fans was as positive as the league is suggesting it was.
When Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne walked into the Chicago Auto Show, he was smiling and shaking hands with Chrysler employees and carrying a confidence we haven't seen at Chrysler in years. Amazing how one ad in the Super Bowl can change the atmosphere at a company. You can feel the change at Chrysler. You can see it on face of Marchionne.
Hours after it aired during the Super Bowl, the Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad became one of the loudest flashpoints yet in the re-election campaign of President Obama, providing another reminder that in today’s polarized climate even a tradition as routine as a football championship can be thrust into a partisan light, The New York Times reports.
With an event that almost always sees ticket prices that at least double the face value, I often wondered why the NFL didn't increase its ticket prices for the Super Bowl. After all, it's not like there would be much of a public backlash. It's hard to put up an argument when the average price of tickets jump to three or four times face once the two teams are set.